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Sharecropping was when (usually) freedman would farm part of a plantation owner's land. At harvest time, the sharecropper would receive a portion of the crops. Usually the farmer would provide living quarters for the families. Sharecropping is when a landowner allows a tenant to farm the land, and both share the crops produced.
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∙ 14y agoSharecropping: a form of tenant farming in which the land owner provides a tenant not only with land but also with the money needed to purchase equipment and supplies and possibly also food, clothing and supervision.
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What is a dept cycle of sharecroping?
I don't know but i can tell you it is not fun back then.
Which farming arrangements took advantage of poor farmers the most?
novanet "sharecroping"
What were some advantages and disadvantages of sharecroping?
advantages: gave famers a place to live, planters did not have to pay in cash, workers got a portion of profit from crops disadvantages: led to crop lien system, encouraged only growing one crop, easy to build debt
How does sharecroping work?
You work the land not for wages, but for a share in the profit of the harvest. If there is no profit, you receive nothing at all. This was a popular way after the Civil War to keep slavery in practice intact in many places in the South: many white bosses saw to it that profits were negligible and/or arranged for the cost of housing and food to be practically equal to any profit share the workers might have a claim on.
How do you write a paragraph about sharecroping?
WikiAnswers will not write your paragraph for you, but we WILL help you learn how to do it yourself! Click on the Related Questions for even more information.Write sentences the way you speak - just pretend you are telling this to a friend, and write down what you would say. What would you tell them about this topic? Look up some facts about sharecropping. How would you describe these facts to your friend? What is sharecropping?If you just start writing, you will be through with your assignment before you know it!
When did sharecroping start?
share cropping started when slavery was over and the blacks had no place to go so the whites went to talk to the blacks who didn't have any place to go they stopped and asked do you need help or a job? they said yes and when they were sharecropping the whites made more money and only paid the blacks $2.00. but until they got smarter the blacks knew the whites were taking over all of the money. after that the blacks disagreed with the whites and then segregation started.(that is all of the info u need from me jessica hightower.
